Limited Submission Funding Opportunity: ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards

Appalachian State University is an associate member of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, which means that two junior faculty members are eligible to apply for the 2021 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards. The Powe awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty in these five technical areas:

  • Engineering and applied science
  • Life sciences
  • Mathematics/computer sciences
  • Physical sciences
  • Policy, management or education

The award amount provided by ORAU is $5,000. The applicant’s institution is required to match the award with at least an additional $5,000. This is a one-year grant (June 1 to May 31). This award can include funds for faculty summer salary, graduate student salary, travel, equipment, or other assistance relevant to the faculty member’s research.

Guidelines & Eligibility

  • Each ORAU member institution may submit up to two applications.
  • Full-time assistant professors are eligible if (1) their first tenure-track appointment was at Appalachian State, and (2) that appointment began no more than two years before ORAU's deadline for 2020-21 Powe Award applications.
  • Applicants who held previous tenure track appointments at other institutions are not eligible to apply, even if they are within the first two years of their tenure track appointment at Appalachian State.
  • Full internal competition guidelines are available within the application. 

Competition Calendar

12 p.m., November 12, 2020: applications due via InfoReady Review
•12 p.m., November 30, 2020: internal review completed by faculty reviewers
•5 p.m., December 2, 2020: all applicants notified of status
•5 p.m., December 4, 2020: selected applicants confirm intent to apply
•two weeks prior to ORAU's deadline, work with Sponsored Programs to initiate AGrants routing.
•Early January 2021, anticipated ORAU deadline.


Contact grs@appstate.edu with questions about this competition.

Published: Oct 9, 2020 2:06pm

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